Why I declared state of emergency in Rivers – Tinubu
President Bola Tinubu, in a national broadcast on Tuesday, said he declared a statement of emergency in Rivers because he felt greatly disturbed by the political crisis in the state."Like many of you, I have watched with concern the development with the hope that the parties involved would allow good sense to prevail at the soonest, but all that hope burned out without any solution to the crisis."With the crisis persisting, there is no way democratic governance, which we have all fought and worked for over the years, can thrive in a way that will redound to the benefit of the good people of the state," he said.The President said the state had been at a standstill since the crisis started, with the good people of the state not being able to have access to the dividends of democracy.Accordi...
